![]() ![]() A general-turned-statesman, Ataturk not only led an epic war of independence against the invading Western powers in 1919, but also transformed a declining Ottoman Empire to a modern republic by abolishing the sultanate, the caliphate and establishing a secular democratic system. ![]() 29-the 85th anniversary of, well, the republic-to the delight of an eager crowd. And I was about to betray it by attending the noon showing of a controversial film about the life of its founding father, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. That would be the Republic of Turkey, my homeland. ![]()
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